Receptacle



A. 1,-, REILLY Aug. 11, 1942.

RECEPTACLE Filed May 1s, 1941 gsi/UWM Agfeo/F597@ Patented Aug. 11, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RECEPTACLE Alfred F. Reilly, North Attleboro,`Mass.

Application May 13, 1941, Serial No. 393,269

(Cl. 22o-84) 4 Claims.

The invention relates to a receptacle which may be used for any purpose. It may be especially adapted for any type of receptacle which may be carried in the hand, bag,` pocket, etc., including receptacles for cigarettes and the like.

The invention contemplates a receptacle the Walls of which may be made of panels which need not be integral with the sides. The panels may be of any suitable material and may carry any suitable decoration or the like. They may be made of composition, plastic, lucite or the like which may be very light in weight, and may be transparent when desired.

The invention relates to the construction of a frame for a member or members which may be assembled in any suitable way such as by being hinged together on one side. These frame members may be referred to as a cover member and a bottom member. One or both of the members may be made up of a frame member in which may be set a panel of suitable material to form the top or bottom or both of the receptacle. Such a frame member may be combined with a like or any other type of frame member to form a receptacle. 'I'he exact form of the frame and of the receptacle may vary, but for purposes o f illus- A similarly shaped frame member I4 of approximately the same size as the rst frame member I Il but having a slightly higher wall portion may be formed by suitable means such as by stamping or pressing, for instance. As indicated clearly in Fig. 2 the arms I I and I2 of the outer frame member I0 may form an L-shaped member while the inner frame member I4 may form a somewhat Z-shaped member comprising a lower arm I9 adapted to hold the edge or flange I1 of the panel I6 between it and the arm I2 of the outer frame While the upper arm 22 of the Z will overlie the upper edge of the arm II of the outer frame member and the intermediate arm 21 of the Z will lie closely against the arm II of the outer frame. The upper arm 22 may be omitted when desired and the arm 21 may be omitted or made shorter if desired. This second frame member I4 is adapted to fit inside the first frame member I0 for the purpose of forming` the complete frame of one portion of the receptacle. A

. piece or panel I6 of lucite or other suitable matetration a specific embodiment of the invention in rectangular form is shown.

To explain the invention, but not to limit it, there is shown in the accompanying drawing one embodiment of the invention in a rectangular cigarette case having panels of transparent material. Figure 1 is a top plan view of a receptacle; Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on an enlarged scale on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a plan View of a panel before being incorporated into frame or receptacle and Fig. 5 is an inner plan view of one member on a reduced scale.

'A frame member IU is stamped or cut or otherwise formed in any suitable way out of any suitable sheet material to form a wall I I with an inwardly turned ange I2 on one edge which may be the bottom of the member. The flange I2, if desired, may be narrow in relation to the height of the wall or sides of the frame. At the corners the ange I2 may be so cut or enlarged that a piece I3 of the material from which the frame is made will extend inwardly at each corner to form a Wider surface at the angle of the corner of the Wall than the surface of the liange I2 at other points about the wall. The projection I3 may be of any form but is shown curvilinear in outlille.

rial may be cut or stamped to t into the rst frame I0. Preferably the panel will be formed so that its edges are thinner than the main body of the panel, thus forming a thin border or flange I1 all around the panel I6. Portions may be omitted at the corners I8 of the panel, so arranged that the pieces I3 in the corners of the frame member IU may not have any portion of the panel I6 overlying them when the panel is in position V-in the frame, but the projecting pieces I3 in theY corners of the frame member will ilt into the space in the panel I6 made by omitting the portions at I8 from the corners of the panel. When the panel I6 is placed in the first or outside frame member I0 the border I1 of the panel I6 will rest against the flange I2. There may be provided inward projections 29 at the corners of the inner frame I4 corresponding to and overlying the projections I3. The second or inner frame member I4 may then be placed inside the frame member I0 so that the flange I9 at its bottom overlies the border I1 of the panel I6 resting on the flange I2 of the outer frame member Ill and the inwardly projecting members I3 and 29 at the corners oi the inside and outside frame members may then be riveted securely together as at 2|. The rivets preferably will be overturned on the inside of the frame and will leave the outer frame surface without blemish. Since there will be no part of the panel border I1 between them the riveting will press the corner pieces I3 and 25 of the frame members I0 and I4 close together causing the entire lengths of the anges I2 and I9 to press closely upon the edge portion I'I of the panel I6 lying between them thus holding the panel I6 securely in place.

The top 22 of three of the outer walls of the inside frame member I4 may then extend outward over the top edge of the outer frame member II to form a smooth, flat top edge all around the receptacle member. The top of the fourth side of the inner frame member I4 may be formed into sections of a hinge 23 to join two frame members to form a receptacle. On the Wall opposite the hinge may be placed a catch member 24 of any suitable type. The corner rivets 2| may be sufficient to hold the frames together.

A narrow strip or ribbon 24 of metal or other suitable material may be suitably mounted lengthwise across the bottom member of the receptacle, preferably near its hinge side. band 24 may lightly press on one end of cigarettes or the like in the receptacle to hold them in place.

The cover member of the receptacle may be made in the same way as the bottom member except that in place of the catch 24 on the wall opposite the hinge there may be placed a slot for the catch suitably positioned to cooperate with the catch to hold the receptacle in closed position. The walls of the cover member, if desired, may be somewhat lower than the walls of the bottom member to form a more shallow box, and the strip 24 across the hinge side of the bottom member may be omitted from the cover member.

It will be observed that the outer member of the frame, such as Ill, is angular in form having an inturned flange portion I2 and an outer wall portion II. The inner frame member contacts the wall member II at 21 and is provided with an inwardly turned flange I9 which extends parallel to the flange I2 but is separated from it by the edge of the plate I6, The wall 21 at its other edge lhas an outwardly turned flange 22 which overlies the edge of the wall II,

Variations in size, shape, proportions and materials may be made without departing from the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A frame comprising an angular member having an inturned flange portion and an outer This wall portion; an inner member contacting the Wall portion and having an inturned flange at one edge parallel to but spaced from the rst named inturned flange, and having at the other edge an outwardly turned flange in contact with the free edge of the outer wall portion, a plate extending across the frame and interposed between the parallel flanges and cut out at intervals between said flanges, and means directly securing the anges together at the cut out portions and clamping the plate between the flanges.

2. A frame comprising an angular member having an inturned flange portion and an outer wall portion; an inner member contacting the wall portion and having an inturned flange at one edge parallel to but spaced from the rst named inturned flange, a plate extending across the frame and having a reduced edge interposed between the parallel flanges and cut out at intervals between said flanges, and means directly securing the flanges together at the cut out portions and clamping the plate between the flanges.

3. A frame comprising an angular member having an inturned flange portion and an outer wall portion; an inner member contacting the wall portion and having an inturned flange at one edge parallel to but spaced from the rst named inturned flange, a plate extending across the frame and interposed between the parallel flanges and cut out at intervals between said flanges, and means directly securing the flanges together at the cut out portions and clamping the plate between the flanges.

4. A polygonal frame comprising an outer wall member having an inwardly turned flange at the bottom, an inner wall member in contact with the said wall member and having an inwardly turned flange at the bottom spaced from the first named flange and side walls wider than and turned over on the edge of the outer wall member, inwardly projecting portions at the corners of the frame, a panel adapted to t in the frame with its edges between the flanges of the inner and outer walls and inward cuts in the corners of the panel corresponding to the projections at the corners of the frame, and means for securing the flanges together.

ALFRED F. REILLY. 

